Audience - House on the Hill
British art-rock unit Audience was formed in London in 1969 by singer/guitarist Howard Werth, saxophonist Keith Gemmell, bassist Trevor Williams, and percussionist Tony Connor. Audience rose from the ashes of a semi-professional soul band named 'Lloyd Alexander Real Estate'. Within weeks of starting rehearsals, Audience had acquired management, a publishing contract, a residency at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, and a recording contract with Polydor.
Set apart from their contemporaries thanks to their use of acoustic guitar and saxophone, the group issued their self-titled debut LP in 1969; although the album was a commercial failure, the band was drawing public and journalistic acclaim for their songs, arrangements, and stage act.
two samples from first album.
Leave It Unsaid
Man On Box
Audience soon landed with Charisma Records, teaming with producer Gus Dudgeon to record the 1970 follow-up Friend's Friend's Friend.
Two samples from 2nd album.
Friend's Friend's Friend
Nothing You Do.
Our nugget tonight is title track from 3rd album. We also link their highest charting song.
The third album, House on the Hill, issued a year later, yielded perhaps the band's best-known effort, "Indian Summer," it took the band into the lower reaches of the U.S. charts, but by this time they were exhausted and fractious, having worked virtually non-stop for three years. A U.S. tour with Rod Stewart and The Faces and Cactus (band), although successful, brought things to a head, resulting in Gemmell leaving the band, to join Stackridge. Audience disbanded soon after.
This post was edited on 4/3 12:23 AM by Top Row Dawg
House on the Hill
British art-rock unit Audience was formed in London in 1969 by singer/guitarist Howard Werth, saxophonist Keith Gemmell, bassist Trevor Williams, and percussionist Tony Connor. Audience rose from the ashes of a semi-professional soul band named 'Lloyd Alexander Real Estate'. Within weeks of starting rehearsals, Audience had acquired management, a publishing contract, a residency at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, and a recording contract with Polydor.
Set apart from their contemporaries thanks to their use of acoustic guitar and saxophone, the group issued their self-titled debut LP in 1969; although the album was a commercial failure, the band was drawing public and journalistic acclaim for their songs, arrangements, and stage act.
two samples from first album.
Leave It Unsaid
Man On Box
Audience soon landed with Charisma Records, teaming with producer Gus Dudgeon to record the 1970 follow-up Friend's Friend's Friend.
Two samples from 2nd album.
Friend's Friend's Friend
Nothing You Do.
Our nugget tonight is title track from 3rd album. We also link their highest charting song.
The third album, House on the Hill, issued a year later, yielded perhaps the band's best-known effort, "Indian Summer," it took the band into the lower reaches of the U.S. charts, but by this time they were exhausted and fractious, having worked virtually non-stop for three years. A U.S. tour with Rod Stewart and The Faces and Cactus (band), although successful, brought things to a head, resulting in Gemmell leaving the band, to join Stackridge. Audience disbanded soon after.
This post was edited on 4/3 12:23 AM by Top Row Dawg
House on the Hill
